Agenda - EDC 503 Su 2014 - 2014-07-01

• Discuss plans for course's major project
• Share from what you've learned so far.

Activities

• (15) Opening - Dividing up Reign of Error
  • Ravitch Assignments
    • MarisaC - 3,8,23
    • JulieG - 4,9,24
    • MayaG - 5,13,25
    • RyanH - 6, 15,26
    • LaneL - 7,16,27
    • LianL - 10, 18, 28
    • MeredithS - 11,19, 29
    • BradyW - 12,20,30
    • LaraW - 14,21,25
    • YingyingZ - 2,17,22

• What should we include in our summaries?
  • See project page (in sidebar) for more details.
• (40) Overview: Adopt an Educational Issue Research Project and Teach-in
  • Project page - Start proposals here.
  • Use your whiteboards or a piece of paper to visually map some topics/subtopics/subquestions related to your overall topic.
  • In your proposal, indicate which of these subtopics you would like to focus on.
• (10) Break
• (40) Research Seminar - Be prepared to share something valuable.
  • An article/blog/report/etc related to education that read in your news feed.
  • A question that you are puzzling over
  • An evernote trick or technique you think would be useful.
  • Something else you think is relevant to the class and really want to share.
  • for 2-5 minutes
  • using the projected computer - just paste your text/links in our shared seminar notes.
• (10) Break
• Develop and share: Adopt and Issue Proposal
  • (50) Draft a proposal that includes the following headings:
    • What is issue?
    • Why is issue important?
      • Nationally?
      • In RI?
      • To you?
    • What sources do you anticipate being useful for your investigation?
    • What do you expect to find out?
  • (10) Share you proposal with a partner. Give each other feedback.
  • (20) Share your proposal with the class.
    • What subquestions do others have?
• (10) Close

For Next Time...

• See our online schedule in sidebar for each night's assignments.